It was always much less about how I could become a better engineer and much more about my need to improve my visibility among other managers.” Ed McCahill, who worked at Microsoft as a marketing manager for 16 years, says,
The perils of creating a culture where your staff compete with each other instead of against the competition.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/07/microsoft-downfall-emails-stev...
Another tool for performance management focused on providing feedback in real time.
From the product page:
Interactions on Rypple are designed to amplify what great business leaders have always done:
- provide one-on-one coaching to help people achieve their goals
- ensure public recognition for great work, whenever it happens
- encourage real-time, continuous feedback
The software product is also being complemented by interesting content efforts like this extensive webinar series. Nice marketing and holistic product approach.
Found via http://gigaom.com/collaboration/are-annual-performance-reviews-passe/.
I came across this tool via a set of very interesting comments on performance evaluation over at Bob Sutton's blog.
Must find out more about what view the employee gets of their profile and what dialogue this encourages between employee and manager.